Chicago Bears' Madden 2010 Ratings: Are They Fair?

The new Madden ratings are out. Let's take a look at how EA has rated the Bears this year.

Let's start with the Tight Ends and Wide Receivers.

WIDE RECEIVERS AND TIGHT ENDS

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

JMP

CAT

CAR

KR

82

G. Olsen

CHI

TE

82

85

87

64

85

78

85

85

91

89

85

70

5

88

D. Clark

CHI

TE

79

70

82

68

77

85

78

82

88

85

82

70

8

80

E. Bennett

CHI

WR

72

83

85

56

84

60

79

80

93

80

83

70

70

23

D. Hester

CHI

WR

71

99

98

52

97

74

85

70

93

90

73

49

99

81

R. Davis

CHI

WR

69

88

90

48

87

70

84

75

88

85

76

65

61

17

J. Iglesias

CHI

WR

69

85

87

43

87

61

92

74

95

81

84

51

55

87

K. Davis

CHI

TE

64

78

80

60

75

45

80

84

92

82

74

68

10

13

J. Knox

CHI

WR

62

94

96

40

92

29

84

76

90

88

72

65

75

Earl Bennett is rated higher than Devin Hester? Huh? The dude hasn't caught a ball yet. I hope Earl is as good as they rated him.

Everything else looks good except Rashied Davis's catch rating. It should be 11, not 76. Watching him play last season was like being at Times Square at 11:59 on New Years Eve.

He couldn't catch a cold.

I don't think Iglesias should have a strength rating of 43 either.

Let's move on to Running Backs.

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

RBK

PBK

CAT

CAR

KR

22

M. Forte

CHI

HB

89

90

91

76

91

74

99

85

95

45

55

83

89

65

37

J. McKie

CHI

FB

82

67

70

80

65

88

80

78

86

65

55

64

74

45

27

K. Jones

CHI

HB

72

86

87

70

78

65

76

60

65

43

39

74

75

25

43

J. Davis

CHI

FB

70

84

84

76

78

55

72

75

86

52

46

80

76

40

29

A. Peterson

CHI

HB

69

80

85

73

76

69

81

71

71

22

23

70

76

63

25

G. Wolfe

CHI

HB

69

90

94

49

93

60

70

70

82

25

30

72

76

75

All in all, I think they got this one right. The Stamina of 99 for Forte is fantastic and deserved. With Jason Davis' speed, I expect many will start him ahead of Jason McKie.

Kevin Jones took a hit, but he had very little production last year.

AP and Garrett Wolfe look about right also.

Next we move to the quarterbacks.

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

THP

THA

CAR

6

J. Cutler

CHI

QB

87

70

74

70

70

77

90

85

95

97

85

65

12

C. Hanie

CHI

QB

45

66

66

56

64

36

92

84

93

80

66

66

I can't argue with Cutler's ratings. It seems fair.

Caleb is rated pretty low! I would have had him over 50 overall at least.

Absent from the list is Brett Basanez.

Now it's time for the Offensive Lineman.

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

PBK

RBK

76

O. Pace

CHI

LT

87

53

59

94

50

90

75

40

40

91

93

57

O. Kreutz

CHI

C

87

60

75

91

55

92

82

95

84

88

86

63

R. Garza

CHI

RG

80

49

67

91

53

78

70

85

88

87

89

78

K. Shaffer

CHI

RT

79

58

70

89

64

84

90

85

92

90

87

67

J. Beekman

CHI

LG

75

51

64

86

57

65

72

90

92

85

80

68

F. Omiyale

CHI

RT

74

52

64

92

49

75

60

85

85

87

79

74

C. Williams

CHI

LT

73

68

88

87

71

56

75

35

45

78

85

72

D. Buenning

CHI

RG

72

48

64

88

50

68

78

90

88

87

83

65

P. Mannelly

CHI

C

63

57

70

84

57

66

55

81

60

70

70

64

T. Reed

CHI

LG

60

47

58

86

46

61

64

75

86

80

76

Pat Mannelly fans may be a little disappointed. All joking aside, having Orlando Pace will be very nice when running on the left side with Forte. He should also help neutralize good pass rushing DE's.

Olin dropped under 90 overall for the first time in a long time. I would have had Omiyale rated higher than Beekman.

Shaffer also seems overrated to me ratings-wise.

It's time to go to defense.

The LB'S look like this.

LINEBACKERS

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

JMP

TCK

CAT

55

L. Briggs

CHI

ROLB

95

78

84

80

82

92

93

90

96

62

96

34

54

B. Urlacher

CHI

MLB

94

85

90

77

87

95

98

97

93

81

93

60

92

H. Hillenmeyer

CHI

MLB

68

70

78

74

73

70

78

75

90

60

83

27

53

N. Roach

CHI

LOLB

68

83

82

67

76

60

86

85

80

70

73

50

58

M. Freeman

CHI

LOLB

63

84

87

64

83

39

92

85

93

77

69

54

52

J. Williams

CHI

ROLB

57

72

78

78

78

62

75

89

90

70

75

32

90

J. LaRocque

CHI

LOLB

57

75

85

70

78

58

78

80

91

78

63

58

Briggs is rated higher than Urlacher, finally. It still feels that a 94 overall for Brian is far too high at this point of the year. Newly acquired Tinoisamoa is not on this list, but I anticipate him to be rated higher than 80 overall.

Is Urlacher really that much faster than Briggs at this point?

Let's look at the big boys.

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

JMP

TCK

CAT

91

T. Harris

CHI

DT

92

75

91

86

69

84

87

80

82

66

75

34

93

A. Ogunleye

CHI

LE

83

78

90

73

79

82

70

78

84

58

74

35

96

A. Brown

CHI

RE

78

78

88

74

75

67

70

85

94

67

70

39

73

J. Gilbert

CHI

DT

72

67

87

80

72

50

60

77

95

80

72

28

97

M. Anderson

CHI

RE

71

80

85

72

74

59

80

84

92

90

65

30

98

D. Dvoracek

CHI

DT

69

64

76

88

63

55

65

70

70

67

80

35

94

M. Harrison

CHI

DT

68

64

86

90

68

43

64

80

86

66

74

30

95

A. Adams

CHI

DT

65

54

70

87

61

68

69

74

80

57

74

14

71

I. Idonije

CHI

LE

65

65

76

80

64

68

69

80

88

52

65

25

The obvious surprise is how highly Tommie Harris is rated. Hopefully they know something about Tommie that we don't.

Also, I anticipated Marcus Harrison to be rated over Jarron Gilbert.

Izzie Idonije, in my opinion should have been rated higher than Mark Anderson due to his versatility and steady production last season.

The worst rated group in my opinion is coming up next with the DB's.

DEFENSIVE BACKS

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

JMP

TCK

CAT

33

C. Tillman

CHI

CB

82

82

88

68

83

85

92

78

89

94

70

67

36

J. Bullocks

CHI

FS

76

85

89

58

85

72

94

82

93

85

64

67

44

K. Payne

CHI

SS

76

85

87

64

84

66

90

85

92

86

73

67

31

N. Vasher

CHI

CB

75

85

86

45

90

76

92

84

90

84

35

80

30

D. Moore

CHI

CB

74

87

88

48

97

56

95

84

94

92

47

78

38

D. Manning

CHI

FS

70

88

92

60

88

64

90

86

93

91

60

57

26

T. McBride

CHI

CB

65

86

89

55

90

61

92

79

94

87

48

51

21

C. Graham

CHI

CB

60

83

87

48

84

59

90

75

88

84

35

64

20

C. Steltz

CHI

SS

60

74

80

65

75

46

95

90

94

78

74

58

35

Z. Bowman

CHI

CB

53

85

87

52

89

50

92

64

61

87

32

65

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Where do I begin here?

Really?

Josh Bullocks is rated over Vasher and Corey Graham. Corey Graham is a 60 overall??? I expected him to be a 70 at least.

Bullocks is far too high at 76.

According to this Mark Andersen is faster than Peanut Tillman. I think they really got the defensive backfield wrong.

Don't worry, I didn't forget about Robbie and Brad.

NUM

NAME

TM

POS

OVR

SPD

ACC

STR

AGL

AWR

STA

TGH

INJ

POW

ACR

9

R. Gould

CHI

K

94

55

54

25

52

87

75

65

90

91

97

4

B. Maynard

CHI

P

77

49

48

31

40

96

93

60

85

82

90

Brad Maynard got jobbed! One of the best punters in the NFL deserves more than a 77 overall.

According to this, he could beat Robbie Gould easily in an arm wrestling match.

Speaking of arm, an arm reminds me of a leg.

A leg reminds me of turkey.

Looking at John Madden eating that delicious turducken is making me hungry.